God You Reign

Sunday night I was having rehearsal at the church with some of the Praise Team to get ready for next weekend. Most of the time, we rework some songs that we have done in the past to refresh our memory, and then there may be a new song to introduce to the Team....and hopefully to the church. This was one of those rehearsals.

I had heard a new song called, "God You Reign", and thought that this could be a do-able song for the church......it has a chorus that seems simple in the phrasing.....but what is said, and what is sung just surrounds you with a major truth.......God....You Reign!! And, as we rehearsed it and rehearsed it and rehearsed it, that statement got stronger and stronger. 24 hours later; I can still hear it in my head. We know that God is in control, but do we understand what it means for Him to reign in our lives? I understand the "control" that God has in my life; how He cares for me; how He guides me; watches over me; teaches me; challenges me. He is with me every step of the way, but.........what does it look like for Him to "reign" in my life?

The best way that I can think of to answer that question is this.......for God to be in "control" of my life means that He is in charge of everything, and I am His servant. For God to "reign" in my life means that He is King of everything, and I not only serve Him, but I worship Him with everything that I have.....my whole being. That is why I was created......to worship Him for who He is and what He has done. That is why you were created. That is why we were created.

God You Reign
God You Reign
Forever and ever
God You Reign



Yes........that's truth

did you feel that?

"That was amazing!!", "Wow!!", "Did you feel that?", This was awesome!!" These were just a few of the remarks that I heard over this past weekend. There were more......a lot more, but I think you get the point. HRCC had just experienced one of the biggest weekends in the short history of the church.

Friday night, HRCC became "One Church in One Location" with UNITED. "That was amazing!!" All three campuses met together to worship God for His blessings; to celebrate 20+ baptisms; and to share the Lord's Supper. Again, "That was amazing!!"
Saturday, in Denton and Kannapolis, a total of 20,000 eggs disappeared in less than 45 seconds. "Wow!!" This was crazy!! There were almost 7,000 people that showed up to see eggs fall from a helicopter. And that was just Saturday.
Sunday, HRCC's Easter services were attended by over 1200 people. "This was awesome!!"

Now that I have caught myself up with what all happened this past weekend, I can focus on what I saw........or felt. I saw a lot of volunteers work very hard behind the scenes to make everything work as smooth as it did. I saw a lot of hard work rewarded with blessings. I saw a lot of eggs, a lot of people, and a lot of fun. But most of all......I felt God move in the worship of His people. Friday night, the worship began before any worshippers entered the service. The musicians and singers offered their talents and abilities to God for Him to use in the service.....and He did. The same thing happened on Sunday morning..... and God took the offering again, and caused the worship to become more than musicians and singers on stage leading. God took over the worship and moved through His people in an amazing way. If you were there at either of these services, even if you weren't singing along with everyone else.....you had to have felt it.

You know.....the sound of God dancing.....and clapping His hands as His children praised Him.

"Did you feel that?"

thank you

I was sitting here in the conference room today (I was late coming in to work), and it dawned on me that two years ago I today, I came on staff as a full-time Worship Pastor. Wow!! It has already been two years........time just slips away.

I won't even try to put on this blog what all has happened in the past two years. If you have been here during that time frame, you'd understand. God has blessed me in so many ways through the friends of High Rock Community Church. I prayed today and thanked God for all of you that have helped me grow in my position as a worship leader and as a pastor. I even thanked God for all the struggles that have come our way, because it has been through these struggles that we have all grown together. Thank you all so much for what you mean to me.

God is truly an amazing God.